When the regulation is performed by variable flow rate, there exist two operation regulation modes with fixed zero pressure difference and variable zero pressure difference.

采用变流量调节时，存在定零压差点和变零压差点两种运行调节方式。

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With the majority of CDOs being backed by mortgages, the principal-only tranche has a known future cash flow, but at a variable rate of return, while the interest-only tranche has both an unknown cash flow and an unknown rate of return on that cash flow.

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Yes, says Strathclyde's Mr Hughes Hallett, but the stock of existing home loans (as opposed to the flow of new ones) is still mostly at a variable rate.

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